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A New Red Cell Phenotype I‐i: Red Cells Lacking Both I and i Antigens
Author(s) -
Joshi S. R.,
Bhatia H. M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/j.1423-0410.1979.tb04397.x
Subject(s) - phenotype , red blood cell , antigen , red cell , blood group antigens , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , isoantigens , genetics , medicine , gene
. When blood samples from 5,864 healthy Indian blood donors were tested with anti‐I, seven samples failed to react or reacted only weakly. Further studies with a number of anti‐I and anti‐i sera suggested that these samples had the phenotype I‐i‐ and reacted weakly with anti‐IT. In one family, the I‐i‐ phenotype was present in three generations.